The FIFA 17 Team of the Year has been announced and Ultimate Team fans can get working on trying to land some of the rare cards for their sides in the coming days.

The players in the team, which is exactly the same as the FIFPro world XI, will all have special ‘Team of the Year’ cards made up with boosted statistics for the game that will be available for a limited time only.

The majority of the players feature for Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, meaning managers of Ultimate Teams with a La Liga focus could be the main beneficiaries.

There are five Real Madrid players in the team with Toni Kroos, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric, Sergio Ramos and Marcelo all in the XI.

Barca stars Gerard Pique, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, who was surprisingly favoured over Ballon d’Or nominee Antoine Griezmann, were all selected, while former Barcelona man and Juventus right-back Dani Alves also made the cut.